TEST 4
STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
WRITTEN EXPRESSION
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Directions: The items in
this part have four underlined words or phrases. You must identity the
one underlined expression – (A), (B), (C), or (D) – that must be changed for
the sentence to be correct. Then fill in the space on your answer sheet that
matches the letter of the answer that you have selected.
Example 1
Lenses may to have (A)
either concave (B) or (C) convex shapes (D).
This sentence should read “Lenses
may have either concave or convex shapes.” You should therefore select answer
(A).
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16
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A rattlesnake has a
spot between (A) one’s (B) eyes that is sensitive to(C) heat
(D).
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29
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Florence Sabin is recognized
(A) not only for (B) her theoretical research in anatomy (C) and physiology and (D) for her work in
public health.
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17
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Improvements (A) in people’s health are due in part (B) to
advances in(C) medical care and better sanitary (D).
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30
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The top layer (A) of the ocean stores as
much (B) heat as does (C) all the gases in the atmosphere
(D).
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18
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In (A) 1792, a corporation constructed (B) a 60-miles
(C) toll road from (D) Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pennsylvania..
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31
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Almost (A) lemons grown (B) in the United States
come from (C) farms (D) in Florida and California.
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19
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Insects appeared (A) on (B) earth before
long (C) the earliest mammals (D).
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32
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Hair
(A) is made of the same basic material as both (B) the nails, claws,
and hooves of (C) mammals are made of (D).
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20
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All
of (A) Agnes
Repplier’s writings, even those (B) on the most serious (C)
subjects, show her sense of humorous (D).
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33
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Not
until geologists began to (A) study exposed (B) rocks in
ravines and on (C) mountainsides they did (D) discover many of
the earth’s secrets.
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21
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Fungi are the most important (A) decomposers
of forest soil (B) just like (C) bacteria are the chief
(D) decomposers of grassland soil.
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34
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The water of the Gulf Stream may be as much as
(A) 20 percentage (B) warmer than (C) the surrounding
(D) water.
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22
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Halifax
Harbor in Nova Scotia is (A) one of the most safe (B) harbors
(C) in the world (D).
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35
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Mathematics (A) have taken centuries to develop (B) the
methods (C) that we now use (D) in arithmatic.
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23
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Ballpoint pens require (A) a tiny, perfectly
(B) round (C) ball for its (D) tips.
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36
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One of the most beautiful (A) botanical gardens
(B) in the United States is the wildly (C) and lovely Magnolia Gardens
near (D) Charleston, South Carolina.
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24
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Since (A) the 1930s, the archaeology (B) has
become a precise (C) science with strict rules (D) and
procedures.
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37
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Benthic
Organisms are those (A) that live on or (B) in a bottom
(C) of a body of (D) water.
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25
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Interstate Highway 80 is so (A) an important
(B) road that it is (C) sometimes referred to (D) as “America’s
Main Street”.
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38
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It
(A) has been known since (B) the eighteenth century that (C) the
adrenal glands are essential of (D) life.
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26
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John
Jay, a diplomat (A) and statesman, first entered (B) public
(C) life (D) in 1773.
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39
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The
making (A) of leather goods (B) from animal skins (C) is
one of the soonest (D) accomplishments of humankind.
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27
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Mount Hood in Oregon is is (A) center for alpine
(B) sports such as skiing (C) climbing, and hikes (D).
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40
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Married (A) customs differ (B) greatly (C) from
society earliest to (D) society.
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28
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The
chameleon’s able (A) to change color to match its (B)
surroundings is shared (C) by quite a few (D) lizards.
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ANSWER
KEY
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16
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B
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D
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17
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D
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30
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C
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18
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C
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31
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Q
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19
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C
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32
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B
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20
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D
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33
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D
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21
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C
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34
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B
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22
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B
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35
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A
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23
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D
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36
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C
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24
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B
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37
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C
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25
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A
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38
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D
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26
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D
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39
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D
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27
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D
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40
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A
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28
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A
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why 16 is B
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